Scandal wrapped its penultimate season on Thursday night with an average of 5.2 million total viewers and a 1.2 rating (per finals) across its two-hour finale, adding a few eyeballs week-to-week but slipping two tenths to match its all-time demo low.

Scandal continuing poor ratings is not shocking. Fans do not trust Shonda Rhimes, so they have stopped watching live.
Paley showed the finale to fans and word leaked out that the finale revamped the much hated B613 by making Olivia Command. It is insane why Shonda Rhimes would return to such a hated storyline. Olivia Pope is evil and it is sad day when the monster killer Rowan is afraid of his own daughter. I can only hope somebody with a heart like Fitz, Abby, Huck, and Quinn will save Olivia.

AJ, the fans gave SR chance after chance after chance to redeem Scandal by SIMPLY returning to the original storyline that made it a phenomenon in the first place. She went too far with that B613 BS, making Mellie President (hell she didn’t do ANYTHING as FLOTUS, give me a break) & making that useless/no starter/non-acting Scott Foolery a regular. Scandal has been doomed every since.

Unfortunately for the rest of the outstanding cast, they had to survive a late start and in my opinion, lackluster story lines. Not sure I’m going to watch next season. So tired of Olivia and Cyrus. Love Jake and Mellie and David and Quinn and Huck and Charlie.

Scandal deserves these ratings. Olivia is in charge of B613? Seriously? Her and Fitz stupid Bodyguard kiss after their horrid relationship last season. She aborted their child. She had to drink hooch just to be with him. Shonda ruined this show